Elon Musk has concluded his time with the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. The man who has become just as hated, if not more so, than Donald Trump, announced his departure from the political scene Wednesday. This move had been planned for weeks, as Musk wants to return to his companies.
As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2025
The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.
🚨#BREAKING: Elon Musk has officially announced his departure leaving from both the Doge and Trump administration pic.twitter.com/ceUVXW07MP
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 29, 2025
Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, is set to take over DOGE’s operations. It’s a bittersweet departure, as most of Musk’s DOGE work was not codified by congressional Republicans. DOGE found hundreds of billions in waste, which infuriated the Left: all their slush fund projects were getting outed (via WaPo):
A day earlier, in a major break with the president and Republicans, Musk said he did not approve of Trump’s major spending bill — officially known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — with its massive tax cuts.
“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said in an interview with CBS News.
I like Vought replacing Musk. Supposedly, his next target for DOGE is the Pentagon.
Let's see what happens
🚨 Just wow.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 28, 2025
Elon: “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”
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